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Six stories in the news for Wednesday, July 31 --- NO 5G DECISION BEFORE ELECTION: GOODALE Canadians will have to wait until after this fall's federal election to find out whether Chinese te...

Five stories in the news for Friday, August 2 --- TORIES WOULD SEEK SAUDI RE-ENGAGEMENT A Conservative government, if elected this fall, would work to fix Canada's relati...

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni officials and tribal leaders say al-Qaida militants targeted a military camp in southern Abyan province, killing at least 20 troops. The militants attacked the camp with rocket p...

TORONTO - A man who argued misapplication of Canada's rape shield law had unfairly hamstrung his defence had his conviction restored on Wednesday even though the country's top court found errors in ho...

WOODSTOCK, Ont. - Systemic failures in long-term care allowed Canada's "first known health-care serial killer" to murder eight elderly patients without raising suspicion, a public inquiry said We...

BEIJING - Asian stock markets plunged Friday after President Donald Trump's surprise threat of tariff hikes on additional Chinese imports. Tokyo's main market index fell 2.5% and Hong Kong's benchmark...

BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha on Friday ordered an investigation into several small bombings in Bangkok that took place as Thailand was hosting a high-level meeting attended by U.S....

LIMA, Peru - Thinking she had won all three rounds Thursday night, Canada's Myriam Da Silva had an air of triumph as she raised her right hand high in the air after fighting American Oshae J...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Blue Jays skipper Charlie Montoya has been waiting all season for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to get hot. Two grand slams in the last 10 days hot enough? The budding young star hit the la...

WASHINGTON - Bernie Sanders is calling for revolution. Marianne Williamson would rather see a psychic, "moral uprising." The 67-year-old self-help author and spiritual adviser to Oprah Winfrey now vyi...